Rants on Cycling and on Life:
Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera

3.03.2007

go go gadget!

not my best set of photosnot my best little composition

I admit that the photos are poorly shot and poorly composedand wellthe layout does not make up for the poor photo work

this shot happened on friday night after my post work ridehad ridden out into northeast and backjust a little urban loopworking the lightsgetting worked by trafficover spinning the single

rushing up 16th Street I saw this form at the intersectionpoised like a race horse to be released from the gateI recognized the rider by his signature uniformalthough he was on a different bike than I had seen him on beforeit was gadgeta dc messenger who rides as wild as he dresses

had the camera in my pocketrolled up fast and spit out some wordsgadget agreed to the mid-intersection photo shoot

I pulled my point and shoot from my jacket pocket hit the power buttonas the lense extended I looked at the variables around methe pedestrian crosswalk gave me an indication how long I had before the light turned greenthe red number blinked nine

eightsevenwith the lense extended I got gadget in the framesixsnapped one shotthen anotherfive fourbacked up for one morethree.... two.... oneand I was at the side of the road and gadget was already muscling himself forward

intensitylike a running back trying to outrun the defensiveline gadget sprinted away down U Street

all this with my lesser cameragetting me a lesser set of imagesbut...nice seconds would not have been enough time to pull my main camera from the bag

sometimes the photos are about telling a storyalthough I do not know gadget's storyI am certain that there is a story there

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